London to Hungary by bus

London to Budapest from £56 one-way?

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Bus connections between London and Hungary

Every day is possible to travel from London and Budapest and vice versa with a planned secure transfer in Prague by coach. This service is operated by the Czech operator - RegioJet ex Student-Agency-Bus coach. Despite the name, it is not purely a company offering services for students, and anybody can book and travel with them.
Currently, this is the cheapest, fastest and easiest bus option. It is a comfortable and reliable coach service, which connects Britain’s capital London with Budapest. The coach crosses France, Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic on its way. Travelling to Hungary by coach has never been easier. Comfortable, cost-effective and reliable coach transport services operate from Great Britain to Hungary.
The journey from London to Budapest is long and takes around 24 hours. A detailed timetable for the RegioJet service to Hungary is located below. The cheapest way to travel to Hungary is definitely the coach. Enjoy the most iconing European capital! When you arrive at the capital - Budapest , you can use regular public transport to reach Gyor or Miskolc, so the journey is more accessible and more relaxed. If you are on a tight budget, then taking the coach can offer some fantastic cost savings. If you are on a tight budget, then taking the coach can provide some fantastic cost savings.
While offering excellent fares some of these coach companies featured offering a very high-quality service - you can expect reclining seats, extra hold luggage, free wifi, sometimes they offer you complimentary tea or coffee, and you also have power sockets at each seat.

Note that timetables and fares are subject to change and EuropeBus can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information. Please use a special booking tool to see the current schedule and exact prices and book a ticket for an international journey

Why Hungary?

Hungary may seem like a small country, but despite its small area has much to offer. The diversity of the landscape, from flat plains and grasslands, through valleys and mountains. The natural, cultural and historical richness of Hungary is also reflected in the high concentration of World Heritage UNESCO. Budapest as the capital offers high-quality access to music and art. Budapest has an excellent opera and many museums, galleries and lively festivals held throughout the country in all seasons.
Lake Balaton is the largest lake in Central Europe and is ideal for sailing or sunbathing. It’s near the famous spa town of Heviz.
If you're a fan of active holidays, Hungary has numerous marked trails for hiking, cycling and horse riding.
This country is the cradle of world-famous inventors, scientists, researchers, creators and sports’ stars.
Useful guides: Lonely Planet Publications

Useful links to coach timetable & fares

• London to Budapest

How to buy tickets & some helpful information

• How to buy coach tickets from the UK to Hungary online?
• A special coach ticket for those living outside London
• How is the journey to from London to Hungary by RegioJet?
• Are you looking for a budget hotel or hostel in Europe?
• Get a travel insurance for the journey to Hungary
• Currency Exchange online
• Car rental in Hungary
• Book your Theme Park Tickets with the UK market leader! - AttractionTix

About Regio-Jet's London - Budapest coach service

While providing excellent fares with some of these coach companies featured offering a very high-quality service - you can expect reclining seats, extra hold luggage, free wifi, sometimes they offer you complimentary tea or coffee, and you also have power sockets at each seat.

• Regio Jet run an international coach service using modern air-conditioned coaches, with allocated seating, entertainment and even a free drink. Stewards/stewardesses are present on board the coach.
• The coaches are easily identifiable by their yellow colour and feature leather seats with a little recline, a footrest and small tray table to put your complimentary hot drink on. Other drinks and snacks can be purchased, you usually only get one drink during the journey which is served to you in your seat.
• Coaches also feature a toilet.
• Entertainment is provided in the form of music videos, movies or tv shows, often in English with Czech subtitles. Take your headphones along if you want to enjoy this. They also offer complimentary newspapers and magazines, but unless you can read Czech, you'll just be looking at pictures :)
• Luggage space is provided in the bottom of the coach, the first bag is always free, and on some routes, further bags are charged for.
• Free wi-fi is also provided.

Travelling from outside London

Megabus and National Express have an expanded network in the UK so you can travelling not only from/to London, but from many other cities and towns in the UK. So you can get to or from London in one easy booking. Just enter the name of the place from which you start the journey, in the box defining the place of departure and London as your start or final destination. Book your connecting travel through the National Express and Megabus websites.

Trains & airlines from the UK to Hungary

If our information is insufficient for you to convince you to travel by coach, or simply you don’t like this transportation arrangement, then we encourage you to take advantage of rail or flight services. If you want to travel from the London to Hungary or vice versa by train, we suggest you visit the Voyages-sncf website, while good flights between Britain and Hungary are recommended on the Budget Air’s website

Rail services in Europe are fast, frequent and convenient. Tickets can be bought in advance easily via a train reservation service available at Voyages-sncf.com
Regular European air link services can be checked and booked at www.budgetair.co.uk. Flights connections are available to various destinations in Europe and worldwide.

To Hungary by coach, see current international timetable & fares

London to Budapest

_{M to Sun = Monday to Sunday. Regio Jet normally crosses by Eurotunnel.}

London to Budapest standard fares

Age categories: Children: 0-15 years, Youth: 15-26 years, Seniors: 60+ years.

How to buy tickets online for travel from Britain to the Hungary?

Use the special journey planner form InfoBus, you can check in here. Anyone from any country can buy tickets this way.  Do a dry run first to check prices and availability before booking for real.
Open the special journey planner and book from London to Budapest and/or back looking for the option 'buses with transfer'. The search results will also show cheap savings fares (if they will be available) or standard fares. You pay by debit or credit card and print out your own tickets.  Easy! The prices shown are in GBP, EuropeBus recommends registering when it asks you before completing the purchase.

When making a connection selection from London to Hungary, the booking system will display some additional optional connections, however, EuropeBus recommends only connections shown on our dedicated subpage. You will notice that other connections between Great Britain and Hungary are longer by up to ten hours.

Travelling to Europe from outside London

Megabus and National Express have an expanded network in the UK so you can travelling not only from/to London, but from many other cities and towns in the UK. So you can get to or from London in one easy booking. Just enter the name of the place from which you start the journey, in the box defining the place of departure and London as your start or final destination. Book your connecting travel through the National Express and Megabus websites.

The journey from London to Hungary by Regio-Jet bus

The operator provides on-board toilet and washroom facilities, reclining seats and air-conditioning as standard.
 Sometimes the coach that picks you up from your departure point has only the final destination displayed on the front windscreen. This is because the majority of routes include multiple stops and it would be impractical to display every stop on the front windscreen. Also, you may have booked a journey which requires a change of coach. In both examples, please ask the driver to confirm that his/her coach is going to the destination stated on your ticket.

The carrier provides service to any person who has purchased a ticket. The number of tickets for the designated route is limited to the number of seats. Having valid ticket guarantees you use of the service (seat on the coach); however, it does not reserve any particular place.
Single and return tickets (with the indicated date and time) are for a specific journey, you cannot miss the departure because you will lose the ticket.
Best to buy tickets well in advance. Regio Jet has many discounts for those who decide to purchase tickets in advance. Constant, although a slight discount is provided for youth, elderly and disabled people. Up to 50% discount is offered for children. Unless you get a good promotional fare, return tickets are much cheaper than two single fares each way.

Check-In at London Victoria Greenline Coach Station

Check in commences one hour before departure and closes 15 minutes before, to enable all customers to board and to ensure a prompt departure. You should have your passports and other travel documents ready for inspection at check-in. A boarding card for each customer and luggage labels will be issued, and customers will be advised from which gate their coach will leave.

Check-In in Hungary

The coach stop is next to the Etele tér square, front of main building of train station Budapest-Kelenföld. Yellow RegioJet coaches are depart/arrive from/to the the public transport platforms, platform A3. If you travel by metro, get off on last stop of green metro line Kelenföld, exit A – Etele tér. RegioJet coach stop is 50 m left from exit from metro. Passengers have to be present at the international ticket office at least 15 and maximum 60 minutes before the time of departure. The check-in process is closed 10 minutes before the departure of the coach. Passengers arriving after the closure of the check-in process can go directly to the coach and can board the vehicle only after all other passengers who have passed through the check-in process have boarded, to take seats remaining at this point. From all other departure points you check-in with the driver of the coach.
Services returning to London arrive in Victoria Greenline Coach Station terminal, customers making onward coach connections will need to cross the street to the Departures terminal

Carriage of luggage

Each passenger is entitled to transport one piece of primary luggage (suitcase, travel bag or backpack) of total weight not exceeding 25 kg.
In addition to the main luggage, the passenger has the right to carry one piece of hand luggage weighing up to 5kg. Luggage exceeding the limit as mentioned earlier can be transported with the crew’s consent only if there is enough space in the luggage hold.
For each additional luggage (1 piece, up to 25kg) or for exceeding the permissible weight of the primary baggage, the carrier shall charge a fee.

Sea crossings

Once you get to Dover (for the ferry) or Folkestone (for the train) you’ll have to go through passport control – the driver or coach attendant will explain exactly where and when to get off. On entry at the ferry port or Eurotunnel terminal, customers will be required to disembark from the vehicle and pass through both UK and French Border Control offices and show their passports. In Folkestone and on board the ferry you can find a restaurant, shops, bars, cafes, arcade games and loads of sitting spaces – so you can keep well entertained for the 1 hour 30-minute crossing.

Rest stops

Will the international coach stop for a break?
Of course, on the majority of services.  All international coach operators provide refreshment breaks on longer journeys, especially overnight services. The European law obliges the driver to take a break every four and a half hours.

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Travel insurance

The best way to protect against unexpected accidents is to buy travel insurance. In my opinion, so that the journey is stress-free, you should never go without travel insurance. You can insure only for travel, it’s possible directly on the Regio Jet website, during ticket purchase. You can also insure individually with another insurer. This will be the insurance that will apply during the journey and while in a foreign country. The insurance should cover a loss of cash and goods, cancellation of travel and medical treatment abroad. If you travel several times a year and want to save money, you may want to buy an annual insurance policy. Click here to buy insurance.

Currency

The official currency in Hungary is the Hungarian Forint. Do you want to exchange currency? Currency Exchange online.

If you're going on holiday, a prepaid currency card is a great item to have in your wallet. Here, we take a closer look at prepaid card option from My Travel Cash. There are lots of great reasons why using one of MyTravelCashs’ currency cards. They've found that different types of travellers use their products for various reasons, so, they've created specially tailored products, for example, Euro Currency Card, US Dollar Currency Card and Multi-Currency Card.
However, if you think that the traditional exchange of currency is a better option for you, then use the home delivery service offered by Post Office Travel Money. It’s a convenient and fantastic value option.
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Visit My Travel Cash and Post Office Travel Money websites and choose the most convenient option.

Car Rental

Do you need a fast, reliable car hire service when on holiday or business trip? Rent with recognised agents; we provide quality hire cars and a friendly service at a great value price. Use one of the links on Rent a car page to be redirected to a recognised agent. Let's go: Enter your rental dates, a town name in the form to get a car.